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by andarleen 2208 days ago
I used this as an example because i kept asking myself why would people be so ready to believe in conspiracies, then i remembered i used to believe them as well. For me personally it is a powerful example of how it works. I looked into how i grew from exaggerating everything in my mind to how i started asking questions and digging into why things are the way they are. I discovered that most conspiracy theories start from a valid concern and then diverge into a gross exaggeration and distortion of reality, much like when you are young and your mind cant process too much information and you resort to imagination and fear. I am not self proclaiming or self aggrandising I am merely stating what i observed.